Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cross-slab
Cloon And Commons, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cloon And Commons
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.71527, -8.50324
- SMR number
- LI001-004003-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
One of two cross-slabs (LI001-004002-) incorporated into a church (LI001-004001-) on the grounds of 'Cloon Island Ho.' which stands 20m to the SW. Church ruins situated on top of 'Cloon Island', overlooking the River Shannon from SW-W-N with the village of Castleconnell to SE. Cross-slab (b) described by Crawford (1912, 240) as following; 'Built into the west wall of the ruined church [LI001-004001-] on the island close to Castleconnell and Doonass. (b) A slab carved with a Latin cross potent in a plain rectangular frame'.
Recently described by Okasha and Forsyth (2001, 187-8) as following; 'Cloon island is a former island in the channels of the river Shannon, 7km downstream of Killaloe. The site now covers approximately nine acres but the water is considerably lower than previously, due to a hydro-electric scheme extraction. The ruined church [LI001-004001-] may date from the twelfth century. In addition to the inscribed stone [LI001-004002-], evidence of an early medieval foundation is provided by an uninscribed cross-slab (H. 65 cm, W. 80 cm) incised with a Latin cross with expanded terminals, enclosed in a rectangular frame. Between the church and the house [Cloon House] there is a cross-base [LI001-004005-], with a T-shaped slot, of unknown date.'
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 1 May 2020
References
Crawford, H.S. 1912 A descriptive list of early cross-slabs and pillars. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 42, 217-44.
Okasha, E. and Forsyth, K. 2001 Early Christian inscriptions of Munster: a corpus of the inscribed stones. Cork University Press.
Nearby in the register
- Cross-inscribed stoneunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Crossunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.